Pulsemeeter is an audio routing and mixer application for Linux.
Its workflow is inspired by virtual mixer applications that combine device control with flexible signal routing. Instead of simply changing application volume, Pulsemeeter lets users create virtual audio endpoints and decide how physical devices, applications and those virtual endpoints interact. This makes it particularly useful for streaming, recording and other setups where the same audio needs to reach several destinations.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create virtual audio inputs that applications can use as playback destinations.
- Create virtual audio outputs that can be exposed to recording applications.
- Route physical input devices to one or more selected outputs.
- Direct application playback to physical or virtual audio devices.
- Control volume independently for individual sources and destinations.
- Mute routes without dismantling the underlying audio configuration.
- Choose mono, stereo and other channel arrangements for virtual devices.
- Select the active ports exposed by supported hardware devices.
- Build custom mappings between source and destination channels.
- Keep streaming and conferencing audio separate from normal desktop playback.
- Create routing layouts suitable for capturing microphones alongside application audio.
- Send a single source to multiple outputs when a monitoring feed is required.
- Use virtual devices to simplify complicated recording configurations.
- Manage audio without manually creating every PipeWire connection from the command line.
- Supports PipeWire for modern Linux audio setups.
- Also supports PulseAudio-based systems where that sound server is still in use.
Website: github.com/theRealCarneiro/pulsemeeter
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Developer: Gabriel Carneiro
License: MIT License
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| coppwr | Low-level GUI for inspecting and controlling PipeWire |
| Helvum | Graphical patchbay for connecting PipeWire audio streams |
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